Why I Hate Nina Purpleton 

Chuck Keith and Mora clearly is the best romantic relationship in all of Gundam

I don't blame characters. I blame writers. They are the ones who thought it would be a good idea to throw in this last minute poorly written drama!

From what I've heard, the writers suddenly shifted heads for the last two episodes of 0083, which explains why Nina suddenly backstabs Kou for Gato. Except for the fact that she shows no reaction to Gato's appearance or name during the early parts of 0083, so blame the writers.

I like to think that as they ran towards each other in the ending kou was about to dropkick her

"Newtypes just can understand and love one another just like that!" t. Oldtype who's soul is weighed down by gravity

I feel like the writers just pulled the love triangle between Kou, Nina and Gato right out of their asses at the last minute.

100% agreed. This ruined all my feelings towards 0083. How can they be lovers? It is apparently added on when the Takashi Imanishi took over, because you can literally tell that in the episode 1, when Kato stole the Gundam, THEY OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T KNOW EACH OTHER AT ALL, none of them recognize the other after seeing their entire face and hearing their voice. This is bullshit

Gundam has many amazing female characters *cough* *cough* haman karn *cough* cough* But nina just sucks, she is annoying, never learns her mistakes, whiny and ungrateful. Garbage tier The romance is fine until the end but nina still is garbage tier for me At least she help design and built the gp01 which I really like

I am here for the rage.

Replace I with We in the title. I really hate Nina and her dumb betrayal.

I didn't mind the element of Gato being her former lover, there's a tiny hint of it when they fight after the attack on the Naval Review. It could have been used to create some great tension and drama but it wasn't. Personally had Nina gone to the colony to confront Gato with some anger and resentment about how he left her, and the possibility that maybe she's going to actually shoot him, I'd have found it more interesting. But it's Nina. She doesn't understand anything beyond designing mobile suits. She should have gone home when she disembarked from the Albion. The story would have lost nothing but an annoying contrivance. Clearly the best pairing in this entire OVA is Keith and Mora. You see almost nothing of their relationship and it's still a thousand times better than Nina/Kou/Gato.

Man, I'd almost forgotten about this bad romance. Then again, it has been almost 20 years since I watched this on Toonami, if not actually 20 years. I can't remember if I missed the last few episodes, though... (Incidentally, 0083 immediately became a favorite of mine, along with 08th MS Team and, of course, my first Gundam love, Wing.)

0083 is in my top 3 Gundam series, and Nina betrayal at the end is absolutely the worst thing about the show. I put her on the same level of how much I hate Minmei from Macross/Robotech, which unlike Nina, Minmei at least has a satisfying personal resolution at the end.

no joke, that "twist" soured 0083 so badly for me, it went from top recomendation for starting gundam all the way to "check it out but ignore the last bit of the ending as its terrible". seriously, i have no idea who had the bright idea of adding a love triangle out of nowhere in the series at the last minute.

This character didn't just ruin the relationship, but the whole show itself...

To be fair, Nina and Gato being old lovers was only invented at the last minute after they replaced directors halfway through the series. In episode 1, despite seeing Gato face to face, she had no idea who he was. The whole love triangle subplot was literally conceived at the last minute just to create more drama. In fact, Gato strikes me as a man who wouldn't enter into a romance in most situations because he considers his ideals and principles to be of more importance than his personal happiness. Which ironically makes him more of a Byronic hero than Uraki.

Gato was a chad Nina is a modern woman Kou is the nice guy Nina misses chad will do anything for chad Kou accepts her after turning on him Kou becomes a simp

The very least the manga is doing a better job at developing this love triangle.

It's been a while but i though Zabi family were evil but Zeon remnants just wanted freedom for colonies

I'm so glad that you mentioned reccoa towards the end there, okay i get that she was captured by the titans so she had to follow their orders to stay alive but the fact that later when she has the chance to go back she permanently leaves aeug and betrays her allies/friends just because her romance with char didn't work out is petty as all hell and all of a sudden hate all men mentality just made me like her even less.

My tinfoil hat theory is this was always meant to have a 'bad ending' since this colony drop incident is what leads to the foundation of the Titans (which in retrospect makes Zeta gundam make a whole lot more sense) They wanted to have a final out of cockpit confrontation with Gato and Kou like they do with all the rivalries, and they couldn't have the 'hero' Kou lose in a straight up fight even though he 'loses' because the colony drop still happens, so they make a emotional/compromised Nina be the reason he 'loses' and thus gives way for the colony drop that leads into Zeta (Although it is also the Federation's fault as they let the colony drop when they didn't have to).

Have you ever checked out the 0083 manga? It fixes a lot without changing much of what happens, namely the love triangle drama. It’s a lot more fleshed out.

I really hated Nina. She was a terrible character throughout the series. She didn't apologize for her actions.

Poor poor Nina, she's a classic victim of the writer's room. The switch of show runners was disastrous for her especially

She's a waifu, but not the waifu we needed

That final scene in 0083... Goddamnit. It's one of the scenes that I hated the most. How can be possible to "smile" a guy who one year before, broke his heart. She is so heartless.

It's very simple. Gato is a CHAD. Kou is a BETA. Of course Nina would do anything for Gato.

Not to mention the Gato was old enough to be her dad, she basically slept through the ranks. She sucks.

Japanese really like NTR

5:00 Right? Lol, I felt after what Nina did that she should have paid for it even if no one but Kou really knew, she should at least try to seek some redemption but no she apparently did no wrong. Kou was even to much of a simp to rat her betraying ass out, so she's just been sitting there this whole time like a possible spy even if her Gundam project had been canceled by a cover up.

Honestly I hated Quess more than Purpleton.

I knew from the get-go she was bad cause she works for Anaheim.

I'm 100% here for the Nina Purpleton hate.

Oh Aura how I hate her!! If there was a chance that Kou could have used the Stamen to blow up the ship she was on then I would have been happy that at least she was gone! But nope, she is shown alive at the end and just being the "I'm sorry I backstabbed you for my exe who was part of a Nazi group that caused enough trouble so the Titans could make their rise but I'll be your gf again, but if I find an old flame then I'm gonna do it again!" While I am staunch Federation supporter, I can admit that there some groups of Spacenoids who are not horrible dickmunches. If I were in Kou's shoes, I'd turn around and walk a few steps before flipping her the bird and getting a transfer to another base.

This is outstanding I am glad I'd stumbled onto this channel while watching Toonami/Adult swim Promo's. You're right Zeon were like those Yatzis but their uniforms did have some drip game.

Based on you saying you haven't watched other series, Garrod and Tiffa are among the best if not the best couple in Gundam. I also liked Harry and Kihel, as well as Zechs and Noin. Domon and Rain were a bit of a Takahashi couple for my taste. UC's couples outside of Banagher and Audrey I didn't really care for, and Beltorchika (who had the opportunity to develop further) being replaced by Chan left a bitter taste in mouth. ***GUNDAM AGE SPOILER (tangentially related to 0083)*** Given Nina's unpopularity, I don't know why AGE had to make an expy of her (though at least Romary had the benefit of gradually shifting his feelings for Asemu after the betrayal) confuses me (I think an AGE rewatch is good for me).

Thank you for making this video finally somebody actually made a video about this I never like Nina ever since I saw that gun damn series and I don't think I ever will like her because she seems like a Benedict Arnold however thank you for the video I think that you have made one of the best videos I have seen for Gundam

I honestly do dig her English voice, done by Dorothy Fahn of Digimon and Danganronpa fame.

She did not just put Kou in danger of being killed by Gato and Solar Ray, but also let Gato destroy two Salamis ships and complete the Operation Stardust, which led to the creation of Titans and to the Gryps Conflict. So, yeah, the blood of everyone who died in Zeta Gundam is also on her hands.

Nina acts completely irrationally, selfishly, naively, disasterously and human.

Its only because Anavel Gato is a man of conviction and ideals, not held down by earth's need for love and validation. How could Cuck Uraki ever compete with such a chad?

I just finished the show and oh my God my blood is boiling. Of all the gundam that I've watched this show hands down has my favorite fight but good Lord that ending makes me so angry!!!!

Wait should Nina be in some military cort martial at the end I mean she did aid and abed the enemy and shoot at an commissioned officer?

5:23 Who is that woman and from what show?

If this happens in the end of gundam seed freedom, imagine the mass depression

Women have this thing called hypergamy. Gato is a Chad and rejected her which makes her want him even more.

This is one of those rare instances where the Manga that came out AFTER the OVA explains things a helluva lot better between those two.

I prefer Cima👀

i stumbled on a forum where they tried to justify her actions but bruh , wishy washy people is the worst. She wanted to stop em from killing each other but in turn prevent kou from stopping the colony drop.

Breh, you wanna check out a better carbon copy of Charlie from Top Gun? It's Lynn from Front Mission 5: Scars of War

Nina is the most realistic woman in Anime.

To be fair - she's from Anaheim Electronics, who are basically secondary villains of the UC, fueling any conflict they get into and selling to both sides with no regard for the victims. The Gryps War alone was in many ways a war between Anaheim and Anaheim. Nina's betrayal and helping Zeon to drop the colony are perfectly in line with her company's goals. Ignore the cheap drama and you'll realise Stardust Memory is a story about Federation, Zeon and Anaheim cooperating with each other to fulfil their goals and lay seeds for the next conflicts.

IMO everything about it would have EASILY been fixed if they made Nina and Gato siblings

I still get pissed when she helps Gato and stabs kou in the back.

Successfully stopping Nina at all costs by any means necessary from stopping Kou from stopping Gato could and/or would have made Nina turn into a literally evil "I lost my greatest old love because of everyone's faults that got in my way" monster that fans thought she really was, I think. Even Flay Allster was a little more bearable than Nina for trying to save Archangel's crews by trying to warn them to escape from Dominion and Muruta Azrael's murderous rage.

this is soo true! they ruined their relationship

Yea, that plot twist or character twist made no sense, totally came out of the blue and ruined this OVA for me.

I wouldn't say she deserves the hate as besides the last minute stupidity, she's a pretty interesting and fleshed out character

1) How did Nina managed to have a relationship with Gato in the first place? It's like an american woman having a relationship with a SS officer in ww2! 2) Why is she allowed to work on highly classified military projects? Federation intelligence would surely know about her former relationship with a Zeon war criminal, and would put her on a watch list, preventing her from working on anything more sensitive than a toaster at Anaheim.

El día que Nina apunto con un arma a Kou y es escogio a gato para irse con el , murio la relacion con Kou mejor dicho mato a Kou sentimentalmente, solo debe quedar como amistad, seria patético estar con alguien con una persona como Nina, hay que saber valorarse y ella por mas que le insista, solo lo vera como reemplazo de Gato, si el seguia vivo , Nina volveria a traicionar a Kou otra vez

Who could resist the chad Anavel Gato

Wow, I don't agree with a single read on Nina's actions in this video. Nina's 'betrayal' had nothing to do with singular fixation on Gato, but her desire that neither be killed and that the cycle of violence end--she even said that part out loud. Tomino had a tendency to tell parallel stories in 0079 and Zeta, and it was clear to me that the writers of 0083 were making a nod to that by illustrating the macro narrative--the way the greater forces of the Federation, Zeon, and Anaheim Electronics perpetuated the cycles of warfare--on a micro level. Gato and Kou cannot bring themselves to stop striving for forces that only want to use them for their utility to kill. Even after the Solar System Laser fires the second time, in the aftermath, both are STILL fixated on the one thing they've cared about more than anything, even living: Kou, beating Gato. Gato, serving the 'ideals of Zeon'. Even though Nina is caught up in this cycle as well, as a designer for Anaheim--who profit off all sides, who work to keep this cycle going just like the rest--she's the only one who quits (or seems to quit, put a pin in that). She was ordered not to get on the Albion, but she did it anyway, which seemed to signal that she recognized that the only way to win this game was for people to quit it. I think she hoped she could convince Kou to quit his fixation on Gato. When she went to the Solar System Laser, I think she went with the intent of convincing Gato to quit, since she hadn't gotten through to Kou. Were her desires selfish--yeah! Did she articulate her feelings well? No! But that's Gundam, baby. It's about human beings and whether or not we can come to understand each other, and talking about whether or not people have the power to stop the cycle of warfare. This is always been the point of Gundam. Back to my 'pin': the main flaw I found in the ending was that it seems(?) like Nina has gone back to work for Anaheim. That she didn't 'quit the game' like her previous actions seemed to suggest. It's left very unclear, but I think the show's final images are deeply fatalistic, despite the sweeping and nostalgic music that plays in the end. The pilots get absorbed into the Titans--and we all know what a horrorshow they become--and they seem quite fine with this transition. Nina has gone back to work for Anaheim and Kou is still in the Federation as a pilot, with their only prize being that they didn't die. Maybe that's always been the point of Gundam, too.

In this story Nina just sat there and watch Kou risk his life against an enemy she slept with. Niña decided to keep Gato safe when Kou was about to finish him. 14 year old me was enraged watching this on toonami all those years back and still today.

I totally agree!

I don't get Nina, she shoots Gato and mortally wounds him, yet immediately protects him from Kou when he tries to do the same. As Cima would say: Who's side are you on anyway. The ending is so confusing too, one smile, that's suppose to make it all water under the bridge, or she's just hoping to get back together with Kou again now that Gato is gone Anaheim has nothing but crazy people inside. Then again, UC is just fully of crazies

Japanese animators back then were RP af

Dude the 08th MS romance was good and all.

I used to like Nina it because she pretty and I ignore all the red flags she has now I realize how dumb I am

Girls and their bad-boys. Am I right? Lol

I mean... have you seen Gato? You can hardly blame her. :) Gato is just that awesome :D

The more you know about women's hearts less far fetched it sounds. Trust me i've heard and seen plenty of stories.

Isn't Nina even worse in the 0083 Rebellion manga? I'd make a whole separate video about that. In the manga she freaked out putting a gun to herself over Gato, then proceeded to voluntarily fix the Mobile Armor sent from Axis, because why? Then when she tried to stop Kou and Gato from fighting, she herself put in the course change in the colony computers to change it from dropping on the moon, and instead sending it to Earth. So yeah... She's even worse in the manga. Even with all of the extra character detail.

Watch the movie version of this and you’ll thank me

Damn.

Yeah, yeah, all who betray feddies are evil traitor subhumans, but if you betray Zeon you're so nice and sympathetic.

True what u said

One of the worst relationships in Gundam is Mikazuki and Atra in Iron Blooded Oprhans. There's no spark between the two at all.

Can't help it Nina was a player playing the game

Instead of the terrible love triangle they could have had her be worried about kou dying over his obsession of defeating gato and went to the colony to try kill gato to protect him

I'd take Jacqueline Simone over Nina any day.

i shock because i excpect nina will end up with uraki but shes betray him for shity main antagonist. but can u tell me in the end of series nina back to uraki again or split up?

this is the reason why I'm really worries for Hathaway since the blonde girl with Hathaway is the same wishy washy girl like Nina..........and he got dump once in Char Counterattack

Nina belongs to the streets

I’ll always pick cima

I also don't like Nina as well.

Honestly thought Mora was far more an interesting female character and or Cima because reasons. But Moras and Keiths relationship far more interesting even if it had less coverage. Nina was not my bag and definitely apart of many discussions on stardust but Nina has been utterly hated in every group and I never sought out to find said groups. Its just gundam things, personally the relationships between other people from other gundam series are very interesting and in all honesty was not romantic but their was perfect building blocks and a clear foundation to build on. Nina is more like a bag of chips where you know its bad where as someone like Lucrezia Noin is closer to a healthy meal.Also just irrational behavior was very much present the whole series, Kou got what he deserved tbh.

My interpretation of nina at the end was that since she had feelings for kou and a past with gato she didn't want anyone hurt, she never betrayed kou but protected both of them.

Believe it or not. She's worse in the Manga

Nina is one of the 3 most evil women in Gundam franchise, along with Katejina Loos from V Gundam and Quess Paraya from Char's Counterattack movie. Personally, I've never hated a female anime character more than I did Katejina.

Yeah but it worked better in Justice League. Also I blame the writers, not a fictional character.

Betray all of earth? You know that Anaheim electronics doesn’t work on behalf of the earth right????

"Terrible and wishy washy" dude, shes traumatized by something. Nobody rationally acts this way. Think long and hard: stardust is actively punishing you for trying to romantacize a conflict. How bad you feel is literally the point. Life isn't like a story. People are complicated. Sit down.

Did you really need a video to explain why you hate Nina? Now I can imagine someone making a video if he/she actually loved her since that would take a hell lot of more explaining

Nina was cool 😎

lol Nerd finds out girls like bad boys, ever hear "nice guys finish last"?

Agreed 😂 I hate her

Nina was responsible for unit 1 almost getting destroyed, because she didn't give Kou the him some leeway on data on the Gundam and space imput.

I love Nina Purpleton

I think Nina's beautiful.

Nina Purpleton is hot because she predates NTR. NTR had been around in manga in concept but not in name, and mostly used negatively even in hentai. NTR had not reached the fad level while 0083 first ran, but came on soon after. I often wonder if Nina's betrayal helped usher in NTR as a "positive" troupe.